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Template:Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor/doc

Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor may be used to summarize information about a Chinese language actor and/or singer. Many in the Chinese entertainment industry are popular both as actors and as singers. This template provides information for both a person's acting and singing career. It also lists awards specific to the Chinese entertainment industry, such as the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards.

Usage

The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article. All fields are optional and unused parameter names can be left blank or omitted.

Blank template with all parameters

{{Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor <!------See WikiProject Chinese-language entertainment------->
| name                    = 
| other names             =
| image                   = 
| image_size              = 
| caption                 = 
| chinesename             = 
| tradchinesename         = 
| simpchinesename         = 
| pinyinchinesename       = 
| jyutpingchinesename     = 
| yalechinesename         = 
| pojchinesename          = 
| birth_name              = 
| ancestry                =  
| chinese origin          =
| ethnic origin           = 
| career origin           = 
| birth_date              = {{birth date and age|1900|1|31}}
| birth_place             = 
| death_date              = {{death date and age|1900|1|31|1901|1|31}}
| death_place             = 
| restingplace            = 
| restingplacecoordinates = 
| othername               = 
| occupation              = 
| genre                   = 
| instrument              = 
| height                  = 
| voicetype               = 
| label                   = 
| yearsactive             = 
| currentmembers          = 
| pastmembers             = 
| associatedact           = 
| spouse                  = 
| partner                 = 
| children                = 
| parents                 = 
| influences              = 
| influenced              = 
| website                 = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| alias                   =
| hongkongfilmwards       = 
| goldenbauhiniaawards    = 
| hkfcsawards             = 
| asianfilmawards         =
| goldenhorseawards       = 
| goldenroosterawards     = 
| hundredflowersawards    = 
| rthktop10goldsongsawards=
| goldenmelodyawards      = 
| mtvasiaawards           = 
| ntsawards               = 
| goldenbellawards        = 
| tvbanniversaryawards    = 
| magnoliaawards          = 
| asiantvawards           = 
| rainbowawards           =
| awards                  = 
}}

Parameters

Please remove the award parameters if they are left blank.

Parameter Explanation
name Insert English name of person. Use the common name, typically name of article, if multiple names are used. If omitted or blank it defaults to the name of the article. Please do not add Cantonese-language name suffixes (e.g. Andy Lau Tak-wah) here.
other names Insert other common names. Or legal names that aren't credited.
image Insert image name. Use only the file name such as abc.jpg, xyz.png, 123.gif, etc. Do not use syntax such as [[Image:abc.jpg]] or [[Image:abc.jpg|200px]]. By default it is set at 220px.
image_size Use this field to readjust the size of the image to custom size. The "px" needs to be specified like "image_size = 120px". If this field is in the article without a size listed, it will take the full size of the image.
caption Insert photograph caption. Try to include date of photo and the photographer.
chinesename Insert person's Chinese name; use this only if the person's name is written the same in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese, otherwise, use the fields specific to Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
tradchinesename Insert person's Chinese name in Traditional Chinese; use this if the person's name in Traditional Chinese is written differently from Simplified Chinese.
simpchinesename Insert person's Chinese name in Simplified Chinese; use this if the person's name in Simplified Chinese is written differently from Traditional Chinese.
pinyinchinesename Insert person's Chinese name in Mandarin Pinyin. Don't put pinyin in Cantopop artists unless they've released Mandarin albums.
jyutpingchinesename Insert person's Chinese name in Cantonese Jyutping. Don't put Jyutping in Mandopop artists unless they've released Cantonese albums.
yalechinesename Insert person's Chinese name in Cantonese Yale Romanization. Don't put Yale in Mandopop artists unless they've released Cantonese albums.
pojchinesename Insert person's Chinese name in Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī.
birth_name Insert person's name at birth (or christening if name at birth is unavailable), only if it is different to the common name. Romanized Chinese birth names can go here.
ancestry Insert location of the person's family ancestry.
chinese origin Insert location of the person's Chinese ancestry.
ethnic origin If the person is a Chinese-language artist, but is not of Chinese origin, insert the known ethnic background.
career origin The place where the artist started their career, or the industry the artist represents. Avoid the use flag icons, as this places an unnecessary emphasis on nationality; see MOS:FLAG for a detailed rationale.
birth_date Insert date of birth: month, day, year. Consider using {{birth date and age}} for a living person, otherwise use {{birth date}}.
birth_place Insert place of birth: town, city, state, country.
death_date Insert date of death: month, day, year. Consider using {{death date and age}}.
Note: Using this field will also make the background color silver.
death_place Insert place of death: town, city, state, country.
restingplace Insert name of cemetery; place of ash-scattering, etc.
restingplacecoordinates Insert coordinates of cemetery; place of ash-scattering, etc. using {{coord}} with display=inline,title. For graves, please be as precsie as possible.
othername Insert other name(s) that the person has been credited as. Any nickname frequently used in the media should be properly cited. Do not insert romanized Chinese names here.
occupation Insert the occupation(s) that the person is known for, e.g. actor, stunt performer, film director, etc. This may include other occupations within the entertainment industry, such as singer or model.
genre Insert the genre or genres of music performed by the person.
instrument Insert instrument or instruments the person played.
voicetype Insert the voice type of the person if he or she is a singer. (See voice type for a list of types.)
label Insert the record label or labels to which the act has been signed, as a comma-separated list. Omit parenthetical dates; save that information for the main article.
yearsactive Insert the years that the actor was active in his/her career. Use the format:

year of first professional performance–year of final professional appearance

Note: If still active, use "present" in place of the end year. Periods should be punctuated with an unspaced en dash (e.g. 1993–2004, 2005–present). See WP:DATE#Longer periods and WP:MOS#En dashes.
associatedact This is for the group or previous groups that the artist is or was a member of. Only use this individuals associated with a group.
currentmembers This is for the list of members that are currently in the group.
pastmembers This is for the list of members that were previously in the group.
spouse Insert the names of the actor's spouses. Use the format:

FirstName MaidenName (Year–Year)

Note: If still married, use "present" in place of the end year. In addition, separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />).
partner Insert the names of the actor's long-term unmarried partner(s) (e.g. domestic partner). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />).
children Insert the names of notable children of the actor, as per WP:N (<br />).
parents Insert the names of the actor's notable parent(s), , as per WP:N (<br />).
influences Mostly for director articles using this template, enter the subject's artistic influences (<br />).
influenced Insert performers influenced by the actor or director (<br />).
website Insert the actor's official website. Use only the link such as http://www.example.com/. Do not use syntax such as [http://www.example.com/].
alias For listing official stage names for the act or solo artist other than the name in the |name= parameter. Also for the solo artist's legal name(s), or other officially authorized names that differ from their birth name. This field is not for nicknames such as "The Godfather of Soul" (James Brown) or "Nippy" (Whitney Houston), which are not the artists' official names.
hongkongfilmwards Insert any Hong Kong Film Awards won and the year(s) awarded.
Consider using the template: {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}}
Use the format:

[[Award Name's Article|Short Form of Award Name]]
Year Title (optional: – Role)

Note: If an article for the film is available, the title should link there.
goldenbauhiniaawards Insert any Golden Bauhinia Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
hkfcsawards Insert any Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
asianfilmawards Insert any Asian Film Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
goldenhorseawards Insert any Golden Horse Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
goldenroosterawards Insert any Golden Rooster Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
hundredflowersawards Insert any Hundred Flowers Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
rthktop10goldsongsawards Insert any RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
goldenmelodyawards Insert any Golden Melody Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
mtvasiaawards Insert any MTV Asia Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
ntsawards Insert any New Talent Singing Awards won. Use the format:

Year Winner/First Runner-Up/etc

goldenbellawards Insert any Golden Bell Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
tvbanniversaryawards Insert any TVB Anniversary Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
magnoliaawards Insert any awards won in Shanghai Television Festival. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
asiantvawards Insert any Asian Television Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
rainbowawards Insert any Asia Rainbow TV Awards won. Use the same format as hongkongfilmwards.
awards Insert any other awards won and the year(s) awarded.
Consider using the template: {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}}
Use the format:

[[Article for award name| Short form of award ceremony name followed by award name]]
Year Title (optional: – Role)

Note: If an article for the film is available, the title should link there.

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583).

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • adr
  • agent
  • bday
  • birthplace
  • category
  • country-name
  • deathdate
  • deathplace
  • extended-address
  • family-name
  • fn (required)
  • given-name
  • honorific-prefix
  • honorific-suffix
  • label
  • locality
  • n
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • role
  • url
  • vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.


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